Mantzouranis, Gregory http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2051-6069
Baier, Vanessa
Holzer, Laurent
Urben, Sébastien
Villard, Eva
Article History
Received: 28 March 2018
Accepted: 8 October 2018
First Online: 11 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
: This study is part of a larger project that aims to assess the quality and efficiency of ACT for different age spans (i.e., adults and adolescents), after its implementation in the state of Vaud (Switzerland). In Switzerland, this type of treatment has been designed with the main objective of managing patients who refuse regular psychiatric care and is used as last resort. Because ACT does not necessitate an exclusive type of care, all patients followed by ACT teams were free to choose alternative treatment options. However, as soon as patients were able to invest another treatment option, the goal of reintegrating a health care system was achieved and the ACT teams withdrew from care. Each patient and his guardians were informed that routine clinical assessments were going to be made for scientific purposes and were asked for their informed consent. A refusal did not influence the proposed treatment. The study had the approval of Lausanne University Hospital Ethical Committee and has therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.